The assessment of bite forces on healthy single tooth appears essential for a correct quantification of the actual impact of single implant oral rehabilitations. In the present study, a new single tooth strain-gauge bite transducer was used in 52 healthy young adults (36 men, 16 women) with a complete permanent dentition. The influences of tooth position along the dental arch, of side, and of sex, on maximum bite force were assessed by an ANOVA. No significant left-right differences were found. On average, in both sexes the lowest bite force was recorded on the incisors (40-48% of maximum single tooth bite force), the largest force was recorded on the first molar. Bite forces were larger in men than in women (P < 0.002), and increased monotonically along the arch until the first or second permanent molar (P < 0.0001). The present data can be used as reference values for the comparison of dental forces in patients.

Single tooth bite forces in healthy young adults / V.F. Ferrario, C. Sforza, G. Serrao, C. Dellavia, G.M. Tartaglia. - In: JOURNAL OF ORAL REHABILITATION. - ISSN 0305-182X. - 31:1(2004 Jan), pp. 18-22. [10.1046/j.0305-182X.2003.01179.x]

Single tooth bite forces in healthy young adults

V.F. Ferrario
Primo
;
C. Sforza
Secondo
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G. Serrao;C. Dellavia
Penultimo
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G.M. Tartaglia
Ultimo
2004

Abstract

The assessment of bite forces on healthy single tooth appears essential for a correct quantification of the actual impact of single implant oral rehabilitations. In the present study, a new single tooth strain-gauge bite transducer was used in 52 healthy young adults (36 men, 16 women) with a complete permanent dentition. The influences of tooth position along the dental arch, of side, and of sex, on maximum bite force were assessed by an ANOVA. No significant left-right differences were found. On average, in both sexes the lowest bite force was recorded on the incisors (40-48% of maximum single tooth bite force), the largest force was recorded on the first molar. Bite forces were larger in men than in women (P < 0.002), and increased monotonically along the arch until the first or second permanent molar (P < 0.0001). The present data can be used as reference values for the comparison of dental forces in patients.
Settore BIO/16 - Anatomia Umana
gen-2004
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.0305-182X.2003.01179.x
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